Marrakech
This was a real eye opener of a trip with Wigan 10 members. Phil Charnock, David Butler, Maurice Jones, Roy Rimmer and Jeanette (his wife) and Me (Gwen Charnock) set off thinking it would be easy to get shots of the population.
What we didn't realize was that some ethnic groups would welcome being photographed and others would chase you with sticks and stones when you approached them with a camera. We couldn't tell one from the other, so that made life exciting!
We went into a house when we were 'lost' in the middle of the millions of whitewashed alleys Marrakech has surrounding the main square and it cost us! Actually it was around £40 it cost to get out through the door without trouble. We were asked for a 'donation' for the baby and the Granny and the Uncle and the Daddy and so it went on until we were broke!
The Military Police escorted our minibus up the Atlas Mountains to arrest a 3 year old child who had thrown a missile at our vehicle! It was quite weird to think back on how every hour of the day seemed to have an incident.
We came back with some good images but had to work hard for them. It was fun trying to achieve our goal and the difference in our cultures was intriguing.
The food was tasty, but at least two of us got the stomach gripes.
The cafe that we sat and ate in was recently blown up with lots of people losing their lives. It makes our trip look like a doddle.
What we didn't realize was that some ethnic groups would welcome being photographed and others would chase you with sticks and stones when you approached them with a camera. We couldn't tell one from the other, so that made life exciting!
We went into a house when we were 'lost' in the middle of the millions of whitewashed alleys Marrakech has surrounding the main square and it cost us! Actually it was around £40 it cost to get out through the door without trouble. We were asked for a 'donation' for the baby and the Granny and the Uncle and the Daddy and so it went on until we were broke!
The Military Police escorted our minibus up the Atlas Mountains to arrest a 3 year old child who had thrown a missile at our vehicle! It was quite weird to think back on how every hour of the day seemed to have an incident.
We came back with some good images but had to work hard for them. It was fun trying to achieve our goal and the difference in our cultures was intriguing.
The food was tasty, but at least two of us got the stomach gripes.
The cafe that we sat and ate in was recently blown up with lots of people losing their lives. It makes our trip look like a doddle.